Dear Mark,
If I understood correctly, the following should work:

index <- apply(pvh, 1, function(x) any(x == "dnv") )
pvh_dnv <- pvh[index,]
pvh_dnv

HTH,

Jorge


On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 1:41 PM, Mark Na <mtb...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi R-helpers,
>
> I'm trying to use this code
>
> > pvh_dnv<-pvh[sapply(pvh=="dnv"),]
>
> to make a new dataframe containing the rows from pvh that contain the
> value of "dnv" in ANY column.
>
> But, it's not working. I get this error
>
> Error in match.fun(FUN) : element 1 is empty;
>   the part of the args list of 'is.function' being evaluated was:
>   (FUN)
>
> which, to me, is cryptic.
>
> I'd appreciate any help you might provide, thanks!
>
> Mark Na
>
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